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The colony started by Sir Walter Raleigh under a charter from the virgin queen (that would be Elizabeth I of England) became the lost colony when a little thing called the Spanish Armada of 1588 got in the way! Funny how events half a world away can impact people thousands of miles apart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey is that the same Sir Francis Drake that saved England from King Philip II and his dreaded Spanish Armada in 1588?
Yep!
Roanoke Comics
 Here's a pictorial representation of the story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke...

Keep reading! There's a whole graphic history of early English settlement right here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You ever hear, "Three strikes and you're out?" It applies to Roanoke...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were many attempts at putting a colony on Roanoke Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Y says you should always, "Trust, but verify." Do that with historical comics, too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A newspaper on the Chesapeake Bay printed a series of these comics focused on Early American History. A few are reprinted here...